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David L.C. Evans was born 1884 at sea. His family was from Wales. He married Winifred Anning from Plymouth, England in 1918 and they had three children David, Myron, and Eira. The son David B. married Barbara Rogers of Polwithen, Penzance in 1943. Would like background information on the captain as a man, father, grandfather.

His father was Captain D.L.C. Evans, the Master on the SS Phemius in 1932 when it was caught in a horrific storm in the Caribbean. His mother was Winifred Anning of Plymouth.

David had worked for the National Provincial Bank of Penzance, England prior to WWII and possibly afterwards. He was a Capt. in the Royal Armoured Corps and received the medal of Honor from the Republic of China for his service. He was wounded in WWII in 1943.